shadowmystic

What exactly are you saying here? That dedication to any cause is pointless. Some people here are actually trying to make changes in the world, rather than just throwing insults around on internet forums. Obviously you have no understanding of the nihilism that this site promotes, if you did you would realise that no one here is against taking action for a cause, your life, however is meaningless, you see no meaning in any type of action. This self obsessed individualistic philosophy is exactly what we are trying to stop. The amusing thing is that you don't realise that your ego worship is alot closer to the average world-denying churchgoer than anyone here promoting a realistic philosophy.

Not everyone here is nihilist, this is a metal forum not a nihilism forum where people talk about heavy metal bands fronted by Christians such as Slayer. People seem to forget this. Metal is art. It is separate to the ideologies of those behind it.

Not everyone here is nihilist, this is a metal forum not a nihilism forum where people talk about heavy metal bands fronted by Christians such as Slayer. People seem to forget this. Metal is art. It is separate to the ideologies of those behind it.

ANUS means American nihilist underground society, thus implying that patrons to this site enjoy metal and are themselves nihilists or follow comparable paths like cynicism and stoicism rather then simply the former.

ANUS means American nihilist underground society, thus implying that patrons to this site enjoy metal and are themselves nihilists or follow comparable paths like cynicism and stoicism rather then simply the former.

That implies the site stands with nihilism, nothing more. The user base here can speak for itself.

People here follow cynicism and stoicism? Where are you getting these ideas?

This is a forum. Anyone can come in here and post. We accept all opinions. We do not accept unproductive behavior. That includes being a contrarian, and making endless statements about how the site is wrong, etc. A smart person writes all their reasons down, and invites comment, and we don't have a problem with that. Replying to every thread with your personal beef against ANUS is pointless and annoying and disrupts anything we could do here. It falls into the same category as spam or moronic behavior.

This site is nihilist.

Within this site, there's the metal site -- the oldest part of it, with web presence dating back to 1992 and FTP/BBS presence going back to 1988. The metal site upholds the idea that metal is a Romanticist genre pursuing the beliefs of that ethos, including vir, heroism, unitivism, etc.

We have interpreted metal as nihilists... this should be obvious. If you are a nihilist, you interpret everything as a nihilist.

We don't expect people to come here because they agree with us. We expect them to come here because they like metal. If they're serious about that, and are the kind of playful but competent people who get anything done in this world, they'll also want to help keep the classic underground metal spirit alive and promote our ideas.

We are the one alternative to the mindless horde. Sad it's the case, but this is not a popular opinion. However, popular opinions lead to ruin, so if you believe in this genre and enjoy it, you won't seek those.

This forum is not for everyone. Chasm is here for people to learn from the experience of others. At some point, we might set up a populist metal forum for the sake of promoting metal as a whole, with a space within it for the glorification of its best.

For now, however, we shouldn't get involved in self-important pompous inter-personal struggles. There's a world to conquer instead.

That implies the site stands with nihilism, nothing more. The user base here can speak for itself.

People here follow cynicism and stoicism? Where are you getting these ideas?

Since I (falsely) assumed that the vast majority of attendants to this site are nihilists I also (again falsely) assumed that the few who did not use the term themselves could be categorized within schools of philosophy that whose style of train of thought is present within nihilism.